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4.
A nurse is assisting with the care of a child who is postoperative and received a
transfusion during a surgical procedure. Which of the following findings indicates the
child is havig a hemolytic reaction?
a) Chills and flank pain (Chills and flank pain are findings that indicate an
incompatibility of the transfused blood product with the client's blood. The nurse
, should identify this finding as an indication that the child is having a hemolytic
reaction.)
b) Pruritus and flushing
c) Rales and cyanosis
,
, d) Bradycardia and diarrhea
5. A guardian calls the clinic nurse after his child has developed symptoms of varicella
and asks when his child will no longer be contagious. Which of the following responses
should the nurse make?
a) “When your child no longer has a fever.”
b) “Three days after the rash started.”
c) “Six days after lesions appear if they are crusted.” (The nurse should inform the
guardian that a child will stop being contagious around 6 days after the lesions
appeared, as long as they are crusted over.)
d) “When your child’s lesions disappear.”
6. A nurse is collecting date from a child during a well-child visit. The nurse should
recognize that which of the following findings places the child at a higher risk for
abuse?
a) The child is 6 years old.
b) The child is male.
c) The child was born at 30 weeks of gestation. (The nurse should identify that
children who are born prematurely are at greater risk for abuse because of the
potential for impaired bonding during early infancy.)
d) The child was born via cesarean birth.
7. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the guardian of a child who has a new diagnosis of
rheumatic fever. Which of the following statements by the guardian indicates an
understanding of the teaching?
a) “I should not give my child aspirin for pain or fever.”
b) “My child will take antibiotic for 6 months.”
c) “My child might have a period of irregular movement of the extremities.” (The
nurse should instruct the guardian that the child might experience chorea weeks or
months after the initial diagnosis. Chorea is a temporary lack of coordination and
the presence of sudden, irregular movements or periods of clumsiness.)
d) “I should expect there to be blood in my child’s urine.”
8. A nurse is collecting data from an infant during a well-child visit. Which of the
following sites should the nurse use when obtaining the infant’s heart rate?
a) Apical (The nurse should use the apical pulse to obtain the infant's heart rate and
count it for a full minute, because it gives a reliable rate and rhythm and provides
accurate baseline assessment data. In an infant, the apical heart rate is auscultated at
the fourth intercostal space lateral to the midclavicular line.)
b) Radial
c) Carotid
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4.
A nurse is assisting with the care of a child who is postoperative and received a
transfusion during a surgical procedure. Which of the following findings indicates the
child is havig a hemolytic reaction?
a) Chills and flank pain (Chills and flank pain are findings that indicate an
incompatibility of the transfused blood product with the client's blood. The nurse
, should identify this finding as an indication that the child is having a hemolytic
reaction.)
b) Pruritus and flushing
c) Rales and cyanosis
,
, d) Bradycardia and diarrhea
5. A guardian calls the clinic nurse after his child has developed symptoms of varicella
and asks when his child will no longer be contagious. Which of the following responses
should the nurse make?
a) “When your child no longer has a fever.”
b) “Three days after the rash started.”
c) “Six days after lesions appear if they are crusted.” (The nurse should inform the
guardian that a child will stop being contagious around 6 days after the lesions
appeared, as long as they are crusted over.)
d) “When your child’s lesions disappear.”
6. A nurse is collecting date from a child during a well-child visit. The nurse should
recognize that which of the following findings places the child at a higher risk for
abuse?
a) The child is 6 years old.
b) The child is male.
c) The child was born at 30 weeks of gestation. (The nurse should identify that
children who are born prematurely are at greater risk for abuse because of the
potential for impaired bonding during early infancy.)
d) The child was born via cesarean birth.
7. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the guardian of a child who has a new diagnosis of
rheumatic fever. Which of the following statements by the guardian indicates an
understanding of the teaching?
a) “I should not give my child aspirin for pain or fever.”
b) “My child will take antibiotic for 6 months.”
c) “My child might have a period of irregular movement of the extremities.” (The
nurse should instruct the guardian that the child might experience chorea weeks or
months after the initial diagnosis. Chorea is a temporary lack of coordination and
the presence of sudden, irregular movements or periods of clumsiness.)
d) “I should expect there to be blood in my child’s urine.”
8. A nurse is collecting data from an infant during a well-child visit. Which of the
following sites should the nurse use when obtaining the infant’s heart rate?
a) Apical (The nurse should use the apical pulse to obtain the infant's heart rate and
count it for a full minute, because it gives a reliable rate and rhythm and provides
accurate baseline assessment data. In an infant, the apical heart rate is auscultated at
the fourth intercostal space lateral to the midclavicular line.)
b) Radial
c) Carotid
